This paper focused on the efficiency of carbon nitride nanotubes functionalized with alanine amino acid (f-CNNTs) in thiotepa (TPA) anti-cancerous drug delivery via density functional theory (DFT). Pristine CNNTs were incorporated for comparison. TPA was found to spontaneously undergo exothermic adsorption onto the nanostructures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is an important biomarker of aging. The oxidative balance score (OBS) is used to assess the oxidative stress-related exposures of diet and lifestyle. This study is aimed at exploring if the OBS was associated with LTL.
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October 2016
Studies examining the association of hemochromatosis (HFE) gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to alcoholic liver disease (ALD) yielded inconsistent results. Thus, we performed a metaanalysis to investigate whether the variations in HFE gene increase the risk of ALD. The studies published up to Feb.
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